The Hawaiian Goose
Poyser (Verlag)
978-1-4081-3758-1 (ISBN)
The causes which led to the species' decline and the hazards and difficulties faced by the reintroduced population are discussed at length, but the core of the book is the propagation programmes at Slimbridge and Pohakuloa, and the problems and successes they brought during many years of patient work. For the conservationist and aviculturalist the accounts of captive breeding under headings such as infertility, diet, longevity, mortality and the effects of foster mothers, geographical latitude and genetic strain, will be essential reading. Appropriately, Sir Peter Scott, whose imterest and involvement in the rescue of the Hawaiian Goose was of prime importance, is one of the artists whose drawings supplement the text. There is also a colour frontispiece and 24 monochrome plates.
Janet Kear OBE (1933–2004) was an English ornithologist and conservationist who worked extensively on waterfowl and wrote several major works on ducks. She was the first woman to become president of the British Ornithologists' Union (BOU). A.J. Berger is her co-author.
Acknowledgements
Introductions
1 The Hawaiian Islands
2 The Hawaiian Goose or Nene
3 The Nene is Captivity (especially in Hawaii)
4 The Nene in Captivity
5 The Release of Captive-Reared Nene
6 The Experiment in Conservation
Appendices:
1 Endemic, extinct, rare and endangered Hawaiian birds
2 Weights of adult Nene
3 Measurements of Slimbridge adult Nene
4 The egg and clutch size of Nene
5 Gosling weights
6 Nene breeding performance in captivity
7 Mortality of Slimbridge Nene
8 Rainfall at Keauhou and Kahuku Sanctuaries
Bibliography
Index
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 30.9.2010 |
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Reihe/Serie | Poyser Monographs |
Verlagsort | London |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturführer |
Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie | |
ISBN-10 | 1-4081-3758-5 / 1408137585 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-4081-3758-1 / 9781408137581 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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